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We report the results of a combination of a dictator experiment with either a "social planner" or a "veil of ignorance" experiment. The experimental design and the analysis of the data are based on the theoretical framework proposed in the companion paper by Becker, Häger, and Heufer (BHH,...
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This study analyzes the stability of preferences through the lens of psychological motives. We report the results of a public goods experiment in which subjects were induced with the motives of Care and Anger through autobiographical recall. Subjects' preferences, beliefs, and perceptions under...
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For decades, experimental economics has been very interested in behavior that could be characterized as practicing solidarity (although the term is rarely used). Solidarity is a key concept in Catholic Social Teaching. This paper builds a bridge between these two endeavors that, thus far, had...
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may attract more responsible employees. -- Altruism ; conditional cooperation ; self-selection …
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preferences ; altruism ; fairness …
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motivated, as asserted by models of other-regarding preferences. -- dictator game ; altruism ; social preferences …
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altruism turns into maximizing inclusive fitness in this game. I find that, on average, contributing no less than about 40% of …
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In social dilemmas, there is tension between cooperation that promotes the common good and the pursuit of individual interests. International climate change negotiations provide one example: although abatement costs are borne by individual countries, the benefits are shared globally. We study a...
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We conduct double-anonymous dictator experiments to explore the role of altruism in motivating subjects' behavior. We …
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intrinsic motivations for giving: warm glow and pure altruism. In particular, we implemented a within-subject experimental … third one, T3, with a charity recipient and no crowding out, which elicits both types of altruism. We use T1 to assess to … these two estimates to quantify the portion of giving in T3 due to pure altruism and find it to be between 20% and 26% of …
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